Filter.



R. J. GOADE.

FILTER.

APPLICATION IILED SEPT.30,1908.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. so, 1908;

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RICHARD J. GOADE, OF ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

FILTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

Application filed September 30; 1902 3 Serial No. 455,438.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD J. GOADE, a citizen of the United States, residing at AP lentown, in the county of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Filters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to granularbed filters and to the treatment of feed water for steam boilers. Its objects are to improve the circulation of the reverse flow through the filter chamber or chambers,thereby effecting a more thorough cleansing of the filtering medium; to provide greater facility in connecting the various chambers of a compound filter for filtration and cleansing; to provide a combined plant for filtering feed water and treating it to prevent in orustation of the steam boiler; and to improve the circulation of the feed water through the treatment chamber or tank.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in providing an inlet nozzle for admitting a reverse or cleansing flow to the granular filtering medium and so constructed as to produce a rotary or whirling motion of the water, combined with a support for the filtering medium constructed to continue this rotary flow into said filtering medium. y

The invention further consists in 'thexdouble or compound filter hereinafter described;

in the combined feed water filteringand tures and details of construction hereinafter set forth, and shown in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a general view showing a preferred embodiment of the invention, one of the filtering chambers being in sectionto show the interior construction of both, the lower portion of the treating chamber or tank for supporting the treatingmaterial being preferably the sameas that of; the filtering chambers and a portion of said tank being broken away, to show said material;

supporting plate and grate in section taken on line t-4, Fig. 3; Fig. 5 shows in section a slight modification of the plate perforations; and Fig. 6 is a horizontal section through one 'of the distributing nozzles,

taken on line 66,'Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, A and B are two granular bed filtering chambers, which are shown as substantially of the same construotion' set forth in my prior patent No.

713,759, granted November 18, 1902, for

which reference is made for a more detailed description of the general features than that contained herein. As the two filters are similar a brief description of one will suffice for both.

The filtering chamber A contains a granular filtering material, or bed, a, and an agitator shaft D mounted in bearings d 01 carried by spiders 0Z suitably secured to the shell. Upon shaft D is mounted an agitator d for the filter bed. Bevel gears 05, and crank and chain mechanism d are provided for rotating the agitators while cleansing thegranular bed. For a detailed descrip :tion of these features reference may be had to my above-mentioned patent, and it will be understood that for the purpose of the present invention these features may be varied and in some cases the agitators altogether omitted.

The filtering material is carried by a grate E fitted in the .bottom of the filtering chamber- This grate is preferably a casting in which the bars 6 extend radially toward the circumference and are so formed as to provide oblique channels 6 all sloping so as to cause or assist a rotary motion of the water passing upward throu h it and entering the T e angle of slant of filtering chamber. these bars and channels is optional and may be varied according to the amount of flow and rotary motion desired.

Overlying grate E is a perforated plate F, preferably of copper, formed with fluted ridges f extending radially and arranged to register with oblique channels 6 One side and the upper surface of eachof these ridges 7 extends over its oblique channel 6 of the grate and are provided with perforations 7, I

while the other side f of each ridge has a slope substantially the same as, and forms an extension of, the side of the grate bar, and is preferably left solid as shown in Fig. 4. By this construction the upward flow of water is projected'into the filtering chamber only in the proper direction to cause a rotary motion within the chamber.

Instead of making perforations f perpendicular to the face of the metal, they may be made obliquely, as shown at f in Figfb,

. as to extend exaetlyin theline of motion of the water 1 1 passing upward through channc s e 7 7 g In order to give the upward flow of water an mitla-l rotary motlon before t reaches the grate bars, I provideat the bottom of the chamber an injecting nozzle G having latera-l slotsor orifices 9 arranged on a slant to having valve 3, with the top of filtering ;A supply pipe is connectediby pipe 2 chamber A; and by pipe 4, having valve 5,

' .withthe top of chamber B. The top of each chamber is connected 'by pipe 6, having yalves7 and 8, withwaste opening'9. Pipe 10 connects supply vpipe'lwith pipe 11 extending to injecting nozzles G, and'each having valves 12, 13 and 14, asshown. The flow tovnozzle Gof chamber A is controlled by valve 15.

A by-pass 10", provided with valve 10 connects pipe 10 below valve 12 with pipe2 leading to the top of chamber A.

When the filter isemployed for the purpose of treating the feed water of steam boilers, 'I combine with it a chamber or tank C similar to chambers A and B and preferably 7 having the. same construction of grate and perforated plate as a support for broken soapstone a. -The act-ion of this is to supply a filmof finelydivided soapstone to the inner. surface of the boiler to prevent incrustation, and as the ul'sations of the injector pumpserve to sul ciently, agitate the particles. of stone to. keep up the supply, the mechanical agitator is omitted. Both the top and bottomof' this chamber C are connected to pipe llibyapipes 16, and 17, and outlet'pipes '18 .and 19, bridgedby pipe20, are provided leading to the injector pump (not shown).

. The connections to and from chamber C are ,controlledbyvalves 21, 22, 23,24, 25, 26,

and 2'(',-as shown. V V,

Assummg all the valves to be, closed, the various operations lefiected by manipulating "the, controllingvalves of the plant may be Y described" as follows.

In order to supply feed. water to aboiler through the filter to the feed. pump.

chambers in" series, valves 5, 13, 10 15, 21,

23, 24 and 26 are opened, when water will flow from pipe l through said valves and theirpipes and. downward through the filter beds in series, upward through chamber C containingthesoapstone, and out at pipe 18 If desired, the flow through chamber 0 in a downward direction may be caused by closing valves 23 and 26, .and. opening valves 22, 25 and27. If it be desired to cut out chamber 0' altogether,-

rapid How of filtered water, a flow through chambers A and B in parallel is eli'ected by opening valves 5, 13, 14., and 3, 15 and 21.

In order to cleanse chamber A with filtered water from chamber 13, valves 5, 13, 1a, 15 and 7 are opened, when the flow will be downward through filter B and upward through nozzle G of filter A with a rotary motion through channels a of the grate and perforations f of plate E into chamber A. If agitators are employed, these are then rotated incombination with the rotary upward flow of water, thereby thoroughly cleansing the granular bed of chamber A. Any caking or mounding of the filtering material against the sides or shell of the chamber, which would reduce the efliciency of the filter, is effectually prevented by the rotary or whirling motion of the reverse flow from nozzle G and through the perforations of plate 'F,.especially in filters where no mechanical agitator is employed. In the same manner the bed of chamber B may be cleansed with filtered water from chamher A. Moreover, should either become disabled or require attention 'or repairs, it may be cut out of service and filtration through the other filter continued uninterruptedly by manipulating the proper valves, as will readily appear.

My filter is well adapted for supplying filtered water to dwellings, ofiice buildings and hotels, as well as for use in a combination plant for the treatment of steam boiler feed water.

Having described my invention, what I felaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is- 1. In a filter, the combination with a filtering chamber containing filtering material, of a rotary agitator for said material within said chamber, a nozzle arranged to supply a reverse rotary flow to said chamber, and a diaphragm above said nozzle arranged to support said material and provided with perforations which admit said fluid in the direction of its rotation and that of said agitator to said material.

2. In a filter, the combination with a filtering chamber designed to contain granular filtering material, of a nozzle arranged to supply a reverse rotary flow to said chamber, and a diaphragm above said nozzle arranged to support said material and provided with perforations which admit said fluid in the direction of its rotation to said material.

3. In a filter, the combination with a liltering chamber designed to contain granular filtering material, of a grate for supporting, said material and formed with oblique channels inclined in such manner as to admit an upward rotary flow to said material.

4 In a filter, the combination with a fil tering chamber deslgned to contain granular filtering material, of a grate for supporting said material and formed with oblique channels inclined in such manner as to admit an upward rotary flow to said material, and a plate overlying said grate having corrugations to register with said channels and erforations in continuation of said channe s.

such manner as to admit an upward rotary flow to said material, and a plate having corrugations to register with said channels and perforations in continuation of said channels.

6. In a filter, the combination with a fil tering chamber designed to contain granular filtering material, of a grate for supporting said material and formed with radial oblique-sided channels to admit an upward rotary flow to said material.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

, RICHARD J. GOADE. Witnesses:

J ACOB S. RENINGER, JAMES J. GILLESPIE. 

